Fake Rocks

July 30, 1986|By Sarah Oates of the Sentinel Staff

DAYTONA AUTOMOTIVE Fiberglass of Holly Hill has decided to improve on nature and is offering lightweight fiberglass rock models for home decoration, billing their ''rocks'' as cheaper and lighter than the real thing. The auto body company started making 20-inch and 28-inch model rocks after friends and neighbors admired the fake rock in the yard of LaVerne Martincic, owner of the firm.

The rock models weigh between 18 and 25 pounds and cost $49.95 for the smaller model and $75 for the larger one. Martincic said that they are particularly useful for camouflaging spigots from wells or using for indoor decoration because of their low weight. A real rock of the same size would weigh several hundred pounds and cost about $400 to $500, she added.

The company has sold about a dozen rocks since it started making them a few weeks ago.

DESIGN AWARD

JOHN GREENE, head designer for Kay Green Interiors in Ormond Beach, won an interior design award from the Building Industry Association of Central Ohio for his work in a two-story, single-family home. Greene decorated the house in a blend of traditional and contemporary styles, mixing window seats and other old-fashioned details with modern design colors in shades of blue, mauve and apricot.

The design company was hired by Mobley Homes, a Tampa building and developing firm, as part of a team for the contest at the 34th annual Parade of Homes in Dublin, Ohio. Mobley Homes won the award for Best Overall Design and Structure in a competition among 18 builders to construct, decorate and landscape a home.

NEW PARTNER

DR. J. RANDALL Timko has become a partner with Dr. Stephen Hayman at the Hayman Chiropractic Clinic in DeLand. Timko has been affiliated with the Hayman Clinic for three years but recently sold his practice in New Smyrna Beach and joined Hayman's clinic full time July 1. They have expanded the office hours of the clinic to 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.

MARKETING DIRECTOR

LINDA CANDETO is the new director of marketing for Brandywine Enterprises, Inc., the development subsidiary of Empire of America FSB. A graduate of the University of Florida, Candeto has a degree in public relations and has worked for radio stations, television stations and at an engineering and architectural design firm. She also is a graduate of DeLand Senior High School.